Models of hemispheric specialization in facial emotion perception-A reevaluation

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 159-167

  Najt, Pablo ^a   Bayer, Ulrike ^a   Hausmann, Markus ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approach; Brain asymmetries; Emotional valence; Lateralization; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; DISGUST; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISUAL FIELD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANGER; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880936546     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029723     Document Type: Article

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